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Verse 1

The burden{H4853} of the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} concerning Israel.{H3478} [Thus] saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} who stretcheth{H5186} forth the heavens,{H8064} and layeth the foundation{H3245} of the earth,{H776} and formeth{H3335} the spirit{H7307} of man{H120} within{H7130} him:

Verse 2

behold, I will make{H7760} Jerusalem{H3389} a cup{H5592} of reeling{H7478} unto all the peoples{H5971} round about,{H5439} and upon Judah{H3063} also shall it be in the siege{H4692} against Jerusalem.{H3389}

Verse 3

And it shall come to pass in that day,{H3117} that I will make{H7760} Jerusalem{H3389} a burdensome{H4614} stone{H68} for all the peoples;{H5971} all that burden{H6006} themselves with it shall be sore wounded;{H8295} and all the nations{H1471} of the earth{H776} shall be gathered together{H622} against it.

Verse 4

In that day,{H3117} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} I will smite{H5221} every horse{H5483} with terror,{H8541} and his rider{H7392} with madness;{H7697} and I will open{H6491} mine eyes{H5869} upon the house{H1004} of Judah,{H3063} and will smite{H5221} every horse{H5483} of the peoples{H5971} with blindness.{H5788}

Verse 5

And the chieftains{H441} of Judah{H3063} shall say{H559} in their heart,{H3820} The inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem{H3389} are my strength{H556} in Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} their God.{H430}

Verse 6

In that day{H3117} will I make{H7760} the chieftains{H441} of Judah{H3063} like a pan{H3595} of fire{H784} among wood,{H6086} and like a flaming{H784} torch{H3940} among sheaves;{H5995} and they shall devour{H398} all the peoples{H5971} round about,{H5439} on the right hand{H3225} and on the left;{H8040} and [they of] Jerusalem{H3389} shall yet again dwell{H3427} in their own place, even in Jerusalem.{H3389}

Verse 7

Jehovah{H3068} also shall save{H3467} the tents{H168} of Judah{H3063} first,{H7223} that the glory{H8597} of the house{H1004} of David{H1732} and the glory{H8597} of the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem{H3389} be not magnified{H1431} above Judah.{H3063}

Verse 8

In that day{H3117} shall Jehovah{H3068} defend{H1598} the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem:{H3389} and he that is feeble{H3782} among them at that day{H3117} shall be as David;{H1732} and the house{H1004} of David{H1732} shall be as God,{H430} as the angel{H4397} of Jehovah{H3068} before{H6440} them.

Verse 9

And it shall come to pass in that day,{H3117} that I will seek{H1245} to destroy{H8045} all the nations{H1471} that come{H935} against Jerusalem.{H3389}

Verse 10

And I will pour{H8210} upon the house{H1004} of David,{H1732} and upon the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} the spirit{H7307} of grace{H2580} and of supplication;{H8469} and they shall look{H5027} unto me whom they have pierced;{H1856} and they shall mourn{H4553} for him, as one mourneth{H5594} for his only{H3173} son, and shall be in bitterness{H4843} for him, as one that is in bitterness{H4843} for his first-born.{H1060}

Verse 11

In that day{H3117} shall there be a great{H1431} mourning{H4553} in Jerusalem,{H3389} as the mourning{H4553} of Hadadrimmon{H1910} in the valley{H1237} of Megiddon.{H4023}

Verse 12

And the land{H776} shall mourn,{H5594} every{H4940} family{H4940} apart;{H905} the family{H4940} of the house{H1004} of David{H1732} apart, and their wives{H802} apart; the family{H4940} of the house{H1004} of Nathan{H5416} apart, and their wives{H802} apart;

Verse 13

the family{H4940} of the house{H1004} of Levi{H3878} apart, and their wives{H802} apart; the family{H4940} of the Shimeites{H8097} apart, and their wives{H802} apart;

Verse 14

all the families{H4940} that remain,{H7604} every family{H4940} apart, and their wives{H802} apart.

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